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BrahMos Missile. India accidentally fired a cruise missile into Pakistan on March 9, 2022. Credit: Mubeenk02 Accessed via Wikipedia. CC BY-SA 3.0.

Not much happened after India’s accidental cruise missile launch into Pakistan—this time.

By Debak Das | Analysis, Nuclear Weapons

Sharon Squassoni

Rethinking the unthinkable: Ukraine reveals the need for nuclear disarmament

By Sharon Squassoni | Analysis, Nuclear Weapons

Daniel Holz

Mastermind or madman? Putin shows why the world needs new nuclear agreements

By Daniel Holz | Analysis, Nuclear Weapons

army soliders with a helicopter in the background

US Army plan to combat climate change lacks the fighting spirit

By Neta C. Crawford | Analysis, Climate Change

Herbert Lin

Responding to a Russian demonstration of nuclear muscle-flexing

By Herbert Lin | Analysis, Nuclear Weapons

How to avoid nuclear catastrophe—and a costly new arms race

By Daryl G. Kimball | Analysis, Nuclear Weapons

jet planes in flight

Sure, deter China—but manage risk with North Korea, too

By Ankit Panda | Analysis

plane flying over ship Cuban Missile Crisis

China and the United States: It’s a Cold War, but don’t panic

By Robert Daly | Analysis, Nuclear Risk

atoms for peace

Exchanging atoms for influence: Competition in Southeast Asia’s nuclear market

By Lami Kim | Analysis

submarine leaving Hawaii

One if by invasion, two if by coercion: US military capacity to protect Taiwan from China

By Owen R. Cote | Analysis

IAEA inspectors in Iraq

Trust but verify: How to get there by using next-generation nuclear verification and warhead dismantlement techniques

By Samuel M. Hickey | Analysis

Rodney C. Ewing

Nuclear reactors in a war zone: A new type of weapon?

By Rodney C. Ewing | Analysis, Nuclear Energy, Nuclear Weapons